See also:

• EUGENE

EUGENE See also:

• HENRI

HENRI See also:

• EUGENE HENRI BRISSON (1835– )
• BRISSON, MATHURIN JACQUES (1723-1806)

BRISSON (1835– )  , See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French statesman, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• BOURGES

Bourges on the 31st of See also:

• JULY

July 1835 . He followed his See also:

• FATHER

father's profession of See also:

• ADVOCATE (Lat. advocatus, from advocare, to summon, especially in law to call in the aid of a counsel or witness, and so generally to summon to one's assistance)

advocate, and having made himself conspicuous in opposition during the last days of the See also:

• EMPIRE

empire, was appointed See also:

• DEPUTY (through the Fr. from a Late Lat. use of deputare, to cut off, allot; putare having the original sense of to trim, prune)

deputy-See also:

• MAYOR (Lat. major, greater)
• MAYOR, JOHN EYTON BICKERSTETH (1825– )

mayor of See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris after its overthrow . He was elected to the See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

Assembly on the 8th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1871, as a member of the extreme See also:

• LEFT

Left . While not approving of the See also:

• COMMUNE (Med. Lat. communia, Lat. communis, common)
• COMMUNE, MEDIEVAL

Commune, he was the first to propose See also:

• AMNESTY (from the Gr. &µvrly-ria, oblivion)

amnesty for the condemned (on the 13th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1871), but the proposal was voted down . He strongly supported obligatory See also:

• PRIMARY

primary See also:

• EDUCATION

education, and was a See also:

• FIRM

firm See also:

• ANTI, or CAMPA

anti-clerical . He was See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the chamber from 1881—replacing See also:

• GAMBETTA, LEON (1838-1882)

Gambetta—to See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1885, when he became See also:

• PRIME, PRIMER AND PRIMING

prime See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister upon the resignation of Jules See also:

• FERRY (from the same root as that of the verb " to fare," to journey or travel, common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. fahren; it is connected with the root of Gr. 7ropos, way, and Lat. portage, to carry)
• FERRY, JULES FRANCOIS CAMILLE (1832—1893)

Ferry; but he resigned when, after the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general elections of that See also:

• YEAR

year, he only just obtained a See also:

• MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority for the See also:

• VOTE

vote of See also:

• CREDIT (Lat. credere, to believe)

credit for the See also:

• TONGKING

Tongking expedition . He remained conspicuous as a public See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man, took a prominent See also:

• PART

part in exposing the See also:

• PANAMA

Panama scandals, was a powerful See also:

• CANDIDATE

candidate for the See also:

• PRESIDENCY

presidency after the See also:

• MURDER

murder of President See also:

• CARNOT, LAZARE EIPPOLYTE (18ot-1888)
• CARNOT, MARIE FRANCOIS SADI (1837-1894)
• CARNOT, SADI NICOLAS LEONHARD (1796-1832)

Carnot in 1894, and was again president of the chamber from See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1894 to 1898 . In See also:

• JUNE

June of the latter year he formed a See also:

• CABINET

cabinet when the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country was violently excited over the See also:

• DREYFUS, ALFRED (1859– )

Dreyfus affair; his firmness and honesty increased the respect in which he was already held by See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good citizens, but a See also:

• CHANCE (through the O. Fr. cheance, from the Late Lat. cadentia, things happening, from cadere, to fall out, happen; cf. " case ")

chance vote on an occasion of especial excitement overthrew his See also:

• MINISTRY

ministry in See also:

• OCTOBER

October . As one of the leaders of the radicals he actively supported. the ministries of Waldeck-See also:

• ROUSSEAU, JACQUES (1633-1693)
• ROUSSEAU, JEAN BAPTISTE (1671-1741)
• ROUSSEAU, JEAN JACQUES (1712-1778)
• ROUSSEAU, PIERRE ETIENNE THEODORE (1812–1867); French painter of the Barbizon school, was born in Paris on the 15th of April 1812, of a bourgeois family which included one or two artists. At first he received a business training, but soon displayed aptitu

Rousseau and See also:

• COMBES, [JUSTIN LOUIS] SMILE (1835– )

Combes, especially concerning the See also:

• LAWS

laws on the religious orders and the separaticn of See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church and See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state . In 1899 he was a candidate for the presidency . In May 1906 he was elected president of the chamber of deputies by 500 out of 581 votes .